Colostomy receptacle



April 17, 1951 D. H. VAN HOVE 2,549,649

COLOSTOMY RECEPTACLE Filed July 2, 1949 INVEN TOR. 055w: VA/v flaws ZMQMW i Patented Apr. 17. 1951 ooLos'roMr RECEPTACLE Desire H. van Hove, Northville, Mich.

' Application July 2, 1949, Serial No. 102,739

' g 3 Claims. (01. 12s-2ss) This invention relates to an improved colostomy receptacle.

In those colostomy cases which result in the leaving of an outside opening through which the bowels are evacuated it is necessary that a receptacle be secured at all times to the body of a patient to receive the discharge through such outside opening. Two types of colostomy receptacles are in common use. One type consists of a rubber bag having an open mouth encircled by an inflated ring. The bag is secured by a belt to the body of the wearer with the mouthof the bag held in place over the colostomy opening. The other type consists of a rigid cup filled with absorbent material. The cup is se-- cured by a belt 'to the body of the wearer with the mouth of the cup held in place over the colostomy opening. I

With the first type the bag must be removed,

emptied and thoroughly cleaned at relatively short intervals. Even with the utmost care in cleaning it is substantially impossible to eliminate unpleasant odors from the rubber bag. It is necessary that a spare bag be carried. With the second mentioned type the cup must be cleaned out and refilled at frequent intervals. Each type exhibits serious disadvantages.

An object of this invention is to provide a colostomy receptacle which includes a simple flexible bag which may be easily detached from the remainin portion of the device for cleaning and replaced by another similar bag. The bag may be formed of thin plastic sheet material which is substantially resistant to the picking up of odors. The bag may be made of material so inexpensive that a bag may be thrown away after using and replaced by another. The entire assembly is relatively inexpensive and of light Weight. g

The device comprises a thin flexible open mouth bag, a bag supporting frame adapted to be detachably secured about the mouth of the bag to hold the bag open and a belt adapted to be secured about the body of a wearer to hold the open mouth of the bag tightly against the body about the colostomy opening. The bag supporting frame includes a guard portion which is supported as a protective shield extending over and-spaced from the colostomy opening to prevent injury to the wearer.

The meritorious feature resides in the fact that V the bag is so detachably connected with the supporting frame as to be quickly detached therefrom and replaced by another similar bag. Another meritorious feature is that the frame includes a guard portion which extends protectively over a part of the side wall of the ba adjacent its supported margin.

In the structure as shown the bag supporting frame is formed of two sections. 'One* section is in the shape of a ring to which the mouth of the bag can be readily attached to-be supported thereby and to be held open. The bag side wall is held by this ring to extend for a limited distance outwardly perpendicular to the plane of the ring so that the mouth of the bag will be held open at all times. The other section of the frame comprises the guard portion. vIt is mounted upon a belt. It is adapted to be detachably engaged with the ring portion so that when the belt is secured about the body .of a wearer the ring portion andthe bag are held securely thereagainst. 7

Other objects, and meritorious features will more fully .appear from the following speciflcation, claims, and accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the detachable mounting of the bag upon'the frame; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the same line as Fig. 2 illustrating a slightly modified form of bag and with the frame removed.

Throughout the figures of the drawin a flexible open mouth bag is indicated by the numeral I0. This bag might be formed of suitable impervious thin flexible plastic material substantially resistant to the absorption of odor. This bag is adapted to be supported by a frame member I2 which is here shown as of an annular form and channel shaped in cross-section to exhibit an outwardly open circumferential groove. This appears most clearly in Fig. 3. The margin of the bag is folded over one side wall of the channel and into the interior thereof. A rubber retaining ring l4 may be employed to hold the marginal portion of the bag securely in place within the channel as illustrated. This annular frame member I2 has a flange portion I B which projects outwardly normalto the plane of the annular member itself and serves asa support for the side wall of the bag adjacent its mouth.

The bag supporting frame assembly includes a cup-shaped portion l8 carried by a belt 29. Such cup-shaped portion may be formed of rigid maon the line terial such as metal or plastic and secured by the belt by rivets 22 or the like. This cup-shaped portion is adapted to be detachably received within the flange l6 of the annular member i2 as shown particularly in Figs. 2 and 3. The wall of the cup-shaped portion is preferably resilient and it is circumferentially of such a size that it is yieldingly received within the flange It so as to expand thereagainst to secure the two parts I2 and I8 releasably together.

This cup-shaped portion [8 serves as a guard to protect at all times the colostomy opening against injury. The cup member [8 is cut-away as at 24 providing an aperture through which the flexible bag It] may extend as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When the belt 20 is fastened about the body of the wearer the cup-shaped part I8 holds the open mouth of the bag carried by the annular frame l2 tightly against the body of the wearer about the colostomy opening.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a slightly modified form of structure. In this figure there is provided a second bag 26 which may be constructed of very cheap material such as cellophane. This might be used within the interior of the plastic bag In. It would insure the bag assembly against rupture and it would permit the throwing away of the interior bag following use.

What I claim is:

l. A colostomy receptacle comprising, in combination, an open mouth bag, a supporting frame including an annular portion provided with an external peripheral groove and a cup-shaped portion carried by and extending laterally away from the top part of the annular portion, said cupshaped portion cut-away throughout a part corresponding with the bottom part of the annular portion providing an opening between said cupshaped portion and said annular portion, the bag being extended through said opening and having the margin of its mouth folded outwardly over the circumference of the annular portion and into the peripheral groove thereof, a resilient ring encircling the folded over margin of the mouth of 4 the bag holding the same releasably within the groove and a belt secured to the cup-shaped portion.

2. A colostomy receptacle comprising, in combination, an open mouth bag, a supporting frame including an annular portion provided with an external peripheral groove and a cup-shaped portion releasably telescoped within the annular portion and supported thereby to project laterally therefrom, said cup-shaped portion cut-away adjacent the bottom part of the annular portion providing an opening therebetween, the bag extending through said opening and having the margin of its mouth folded outwardly over the face .of the annular portion and into the peripheral groove thereof, a retaining ring surrounding 5 thefolded over margin of the mouth of the bag holding the same Within the peripheral groove and a belt secured to the cup-shaped portion.

3. A colostomy receptacle of the character defined in claim numbered lwherein there is provided a second open mouthed bag which is releasably received within the first bag and has the margin of its mouth folded outwardly over the folded over margin of the mouth of the first bag and received thereover within the groove, the folded over margin of the second bag being directly engaged by a retaining ring and held thereby within the groove.

' DESIRE H. VAN HOVE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number France Mar. 5, 1929 

